From Big Journalism:
The man in the screencap above holds a sign to encourage voters to vote Klopenburg (who lost to Prosser in a “this is what democracy looks like” election). It was couched between footage of Palin’s Saturday afternoon speech and presented as footage taken from the same day.
Was this just a sloppy edit from a professional mainstream media network? Surely with all of the previous footage of union protests, CBS could have used a less suspect excerpt to edit into their piece on Saturday’s rally. Or, to play devil’s advocate, was this protester just a dim bulb who brought the wrong sign? Thoughts?
MY thoughts are that these people are beyond desperate to show that after waiting so long for the Mama Grizzly to emerge from her den, that she is in fact still able to draw huge crowds, and that the people of Wisconsin simply adore her. So if the journalists dare to report otherwise, then they must be attacked and shown to be prejudiced against their Queen of the North Star.
Well if their pea-sized brains will not allow them to trust the "Lamestream" media reporting on this rally, what do they have to say about all of this amateur video of that day showing that the Teabaggers were outnumbered ten to one? Was THAT faked as well?
I think what these idiots, and the Koch Brothers who finance them, will soon have to realize is that just because they can afford hire one of the most well known publicity whores in the country...
... it does not mean that most REAL Americans will want to get close enough to risk becoming infected with the corporate STD's that have clearly riddled her aging and emaciated image.
(And remember, for you kids at home, when in the vicinity of Sarah Palin to ALWAYS bring protection! This can come in the form of a well informed mind, a healthy skepticism, or a deep dislike for hypocrisy. Just don't leave home without at least ONE of these on your person!)
Update: Another "Lamestream" media outlet weighs in:
It's a reminder about the changing tide. When Tea Partiers organize a rally and bring one of their highest-profile stars to headline, but are nevertheless outnumbered at their own event, which suffered from poor attendance anyway, it's not a good sign.
Well I beg to differ, I think it is a GREAT sign!
Maybe it's the lighting but she looks awfully tanned in that pic. Either she's been wintering in AZ (which I doubt) or she's been spending a lot of time in the home tanning bed escaping from reality knocking at the door.
ReplyDeleteDamn, she looks like hell. Too much mileage and meds for this shrinking unpatriotic insane woman.
ReplyDeleteShe desperately needs an intervention, she keeps stirring up hate which will result in less book sales for Bristol's fake memoirs written by a ghostwriter.
Sarah, may you get what you deserve; doors slammed shut in your ugly mug.
The msm is shameless msnbc dubbed palins words in so they didn't broadcast her being booed. And CNN never mentioned the pro labor protesters . And palin thinks if she says the state is beautiful they will melt at her words.
ReplyDeleteMy question is...WHERE IS HER STAR OF DAVID?
ReplyDeleteWhat's that, you say? Oh, she just wore it in Israel to pander to her audience...oh, I see.
Palin is Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker, and Ted Haggard all rolled into one...biggest phony ever.
Calling her a whore is insulting to whores.
ReplyDeleteand not one BOO could be heard either...
ReplyDeleteSarah, clueless in Wisconsin. She and Breitbart are made for each other. Both are liars with no moral compasses.
ReplyDeleteGryphen, "publicity whore" really should have "moron" after it, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteShe looks ripped as well as roast to well-done. Maybe she should get some real glasses so he can see what she looks like.
ReplyDeleteConservatives are weary of sarah and her lies.
ReplyDeleteThis charade stopped working a long time ago, hence her low poll numbers.
And for the love of God, sarah, that jacket looks like it was made out of Emergency Space Blankets. Lose it! (On second thought, keep wearing it.)
The Koch brothers are not nice people ( understatement of the yrear) but they are good businessmen. Sarah did not pull in the amount that they obviously thought she would. I think Sarah's payday's from the Koch's are coming to a fast end.
ReplyDeleteBoy Sarah is aging fast and camera's in natural lighting show her every flaw.
Geez Tawd, have Sarah buy a quality wig instead of those $29.99 ones.
Both Palin and Walker are just the kind of contemptible excuses for human beings that end up being Koch puppets. She is always sticking her beak in affairs that don't concern her, without even a rudimentary grasp of the facts surrounding the issues. As for Walker, it was great to see him getting reamed in DC and for him to admit that union-busting did nothing for his state's budget.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the "lamestream" media, as she calls it, is actually her best friend. The media is what has kept her out there long past what should have been her political expiration date. The fact that footage was edited to look like the events in Wisconsin favored her speaks volumes about the MSM, which is forever falling down on its responsibility to tell the truth.
WakeUp America:
ReplyDeleteHow 'bout we just call her a publicity "whoron"?
Too bad nobody got the tail number from the private jet Sarah had in Wisconsin..
ReplyDeleteIt my have been a Koch jet bringing her in for the speech.
Loved that link to the amateur video. Wow, she really did not sound convincing spouting out her usual drivel, either! Shrill and a bit rattled, most definitely. The constant booing was pervasive throughout the crowd and it's amazing that the media can present whatever picture they want to with creative editing. I live in Iowa and would have gleefully made the 3hr drive if I didn't have to work that day. Darn! I would have liked to proudly represent the readers of this blog and reported back.
ReplyDeleteOT:
ReplyDeleteUh-Oh, might be time to add a new name to Sarah Palin's enemies list.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/17/veep-julia-louis-dreyfus-hbo-show_n_850190.html
Cheap looking coat for a "cheap" woman. Proof positive that money cannot buy "class or style" Large crucufux necklace, seems that people who display what they call religion are usually hypocrites. Actions speak louder than words. What has she done for handicapped people? She will be giving a speech at a center for disabled children in May. The sponsors approached her twice about it - no answer. Third time they offered money ($100,000) and she accepted. The founder of the place, which is just getting atarted, is putting up the money himself even though he can not really afford it. How's THAT for "good christian, family values"??
ReplyDeleteWhat an asshole. She among all others wears no scarf or hat but must display her heaving chest with the cross. Cover up, bitch.
ReplyDeleteGryphen, check out Crooks & Liars about Glenn Beck.
ReplyDeleteSarah has been baking herself in the tanning bed again, she must have just fried her last brain cell.
ReplyDeleteThese people are crazy other wise they would not be backing Sarah. She is crazy,dumb.and just plain evil. Oh and racist also.
ReplyDeleteI live in Milwaukee, 90 miles east of Madison. Yesterday, along with many other hardy souls, I helped clean up trash along the Milwaukee River. Sadly, some other trash came to my fine state, Sarah Palin. I thought I smelled the stench.
ReplyDeleteAnd it kills me how Sarah complains about the lamestream media when it has done nothing my coddle her. Thanks for the video, Gryphen. I think the video truly shows what most American people think about the has-been governor.
Sarah didn't get paid for her appearance, there are far more tea partiers than you think, and you should be ashamed for supporting the prounion thugs who have swriously threatened officials and everyday peopl, with misspelled notes and all.
ReplyDeleteFace it, we see more and more evidence that the dregs of society (far left, welfare lovin, idiots) are providing the main source of violence.
God I really wish someone would rake the teachers union over the coals. they have done nothing but bring down the country. Unions may protect workers, but they hurt society.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good picture of Sarah. That's snow in her hair that makes her look even more natural and wholesome.
ReplyDelete8:18:
ReplyDeleteI agree there are far more Teabaggers than people think. They bussed in every last one of them to WI. I was shocked at how many there were.
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I agree that is a good picture of sarah. She has her wig on straight. There has been a plethora of bad images of sarah lately. She use to be photogenic, and I believe the libs stole that from her.
To the troll @ 8:19
ReplyDeleteIf you want to criticize spelling ... try spelling correctly, or spell-check when writing out your talking points.
Good grief!
The dumbing of America on full display here at IM. Thank you for proving our point, bot!
That coat always reminds me of one of those insulated silver bags you put cold food in.
ReplyDeleteGotta tell ya, Gryph, she sure looks like this http://darlene.underdahl.net/
ReplyDeleteThanks for a great blog; I visit every day.
Darlene Underdahl
www.vermillionroadpress.com
@8:19 a.m.:
ReplyDeleteIt is a sad commentary to know that you are among those who have fallen for the Koch-sponsored okey doke. If you are an everyday worker, you need to be thanking unions for the fact that you enjoy things you probably take for granted such as weekends off, 40-hour work weeks, paid vacations, and the end of child labor. Those things were all paid for with blood, sweat, and tears. As for your remarks about "dregs," the biggest welfare recipients are the corporate class which politicians keep giving exorbitant and unreasonable tax breaks to. In fact, Scott Walker is trying to finance those same breaks he gave to corporations that supported him on the backs of unionized public workers. The fact that he and others have had some success at painting unionized workers as leeches who don't pay taxes speaks volumes about their ability to divide workers among ourselves. Unless you are among the wealthy, you are weighing against your own economic interests if you support them. Palin and the Tea Partiers are just the kind of willing tools they will pay generously to convince Americans to vote against their interests. Judging from most of the comments on this particular thread, most people do get it. I just hope you never have to experience an economic catastrophe to convince you just how wrong you are.
The Tea Party was spawned by the Koch Brothers and Dick Armey to fool the people about big government.
ReplyDeleteThe main purpose was for the big corporations to have no rules and pay no taxes as they are all rich.
The little teabots got screwed because they got snuckered by the rich in this country. Sarah Palin was selling bags of gas while collecting millions to pretend she was just one of you.
The rich got richer and the poor and middle class got stuck paying the bills. So how do you little teabots like your little piddle ass freedom now?
8:19, 8:20, 8:21 am
ReplyDeleteThat you Chuckles, Brisket or Willor
Taking up for Sarah is just like inviting copperhead snakes into your bed. You are fooling no one but yourselves. Remember Chuckles, you were a teacher or so Sarah said you were. Guess you got yours so screw everyone else.
Sarah is paid for and is now a Wall Street/Corporate whore. Ask her to give you some of her millions that she has grifted from the poor people of this country.
I love it that Breitbart, the California carpetbagger, goes to Wisconsin and tell the workers who LIVE THERE that they are trying to divide America.
ReplyDeleteBreitbart - who's publicly stated that his goal is to be combative and partisan.
Trolls 8:21 - 8:35 - you guys are pathetic.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I found her use of the word "solidarity" as contemptible as her use of the expression "blood libel", although it hasn't attracted any attention. Does she not know the history of the Solidarity movement in Poland? Oh, what am I saying! Of course she doesn't have a clue.
ReplyDelete"She has risen from being a little-known Alaskan governor to the darling of the Tea Party.
ReplyDeleteBut after enjoying three years as one of the most prominent figures in right-wing politics, could Sarah Palin’s profile be starting to fall?
Only 6,500 people turned up to see her at a rally in Wisconsin on Saturday, and opponents said that most of the crowd were protesters."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1377817/Sarah-Palin-draws-6-500-rally-protesters.html#ixzz1JngNvZ3x
"Or, to play devil’s advocate, was this protester just a dim bulb who brought the wrong sign? Thoughts?"
ReplyDeleteToo funny, he must be a retarded cousin of the Palins.
The lame stream media better start calling out Sarah's whoppers!!!
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin,
ReplyDeleteBeacon of goodness and light,
They only hate you because they hate,
You will overcome,praise the Lord.
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I couldn't even listen to her whole screech. When she called Obama the pool boy on the Titanic, I had had enough. And Breitbart thinks the union workers are the ones being divisive? Sorry, jerk, that would be you and your desire to bring this country to her knees while raking in millions. Sarah too. Neither of you has a clue what it is like to be middle class in this country and actually work for a living. You get checks handed to you like french fries, and do nothing positive at all for the US. What soup kitchen have you supported, Andy? What charity does Palin send any of her 30 mill to? Thought so...greedy, angry, and very very divisive. You are all a disgrace to this great country.
ReplyDeleteThe bots are not amused.
ReplyDeletehttp://nation.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/17/wisconsin-unions-desperately-try-silence-sarah-palin
Anon at 8:19:
ReplyDeleteswriously threatened officials and everyday peopl, with misspelled notes and all.
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Love the irony.
Also, too, are you sure the pro-union "thugs" are the ones who actually threatened people? Isn't Walker on record as saying he considered sending in thugs to instigate violence that he could then blame on the unions? Who knows, maybe he acted on some of those thoughts and had his own minions send the "threats."
Palin is a Kochsucking Whore is more like it.
ReplyDelete@ 8:19 am:
ReplyDeletedon't co-opt my phrase.
YOU, palin, and all the other knuckledraggers who want to hold society back from evolving are the DREGS OF SOCIETY. it's your insistence on seeing things as you want rather than how they really are that is fucking up this country. do you really like being a tool of the billionaires?
Got an email from my friend in Madison last night...."I watched Sarah for just a few seconds and she said something about violence. There has not been violence at the Capitol. FOX NEWS tried to show some of the footage of the violence, but the palm tree in the background gave it away as a fraud."
ReplyDeleteThey sure have gotten a lot of mileage out of that film. It was snowing in Madison for heavens sake!
And Sarah, that wig has got to go. Acrylic fibers mat like that. Same thing happened to an afghan I made with long fringe! Matted long globs. It's not flattering on you. That coat is tragic. Didn't the RNC buy you something more stylish? It makes you look like a street walker on a cold evening.
Sarah is beginning to look like a heavy drinking woman. It could explain the lying & belligerence too. She could have "wet-brain."
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ReplyDeleteMy question is...WHERE IS HER STAR OF DAVID?
What's that, you say? Oh, she just wore it in Israel to pander to her audience...oh, I see.
Palin is Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker, and Ted Haggard all rolled into one...biggest phony ever.
6:57 AM
Where is Palin's Alaskan flag or her American flag or her Combat bracelet of her son who was not a combat vet or her other prop Trig?
It must be confusing for Sarah to know which props to bring to which event?
Why is Sarah in Wisconsin and not in Wasilla or Arizona trying to encourage her dumb ass kids to go to school? She has all this money just given to her and has anybody heard of any of her kids enrolled in college? I’ve heard Track is in Arizona taking flying lessons, I’m hoping that includes taking off and landing and not just flying.
ReplyDeleteTrack taking flying lessons? Fuck, is that a hobby for him or is it a career move so that he can fly meth in and out of Wasilla? It would make sense if he went to college and was enrolled in flight school. What a shame, those Palin parents are. They have all the resources to give their kids the best education in our country but instead they just go around grifting like mom does or stay home like dad does.
Sarah is not a very presidential or parental roll model if you ask me.
Did Breitbart get anywhere near the video.I know he was there telling protestors to go to hell.Gotta watch these righties theyre sneaky bastards.
ReplyDeleteShe has never drawn big crowds on her own since the 2008 campaign, and even those crowds were a fraction of the size that Obama drew. Any event she has attended since that had a sizable crowd was also coordinated and headlined by other people, or a longstanding event, like that gospel event she went to, that for years has already drawn a lot of people.
ReplyDeleteYou can wear the most conspicuous cross you want Sarah Palin, but we all know YOU would have been among the first to call for Jesus to be crucified to it you'd lived back then.
ReplyDeleteYou horrible witch.
Best video yet; Breitbart tells WIer's to "Go to Hell" 4 times; Scarah can barely be heard through the heckling: http://tinyurl.com/4xoawyb
ReplyDelete8:19am,
ReplyDeleteI'd point out the irony embedded in your comment, but it would be over your head.
Nice try though. You get an "E" for effort.
9:13:
ReplyDeletesarah palin
Bringer of evil and dimmer of light.
You only hate because you hate.
May God grant you the wisdom to see the holy door is closed, the other door is a trap, opened by Satan.
Praise the Lord, sarah, not the mirror.
In Jesus´s name, Amen.
she's melting!!!! it's slow motion so we can enjoy the fall aaalllll the way down.
ReplyDeleteGreat Video - WE ARE ONE
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaIfDNQV5dM
Mrs Todd Palin, ex-wife of the Fist Dude, looked like a whore doing a blow job in that shiny coat. Whose hair was she wearing on her head? It looked slightly worse than Rand Paul's squirrel nest.
ReplyDeleteWorkers ARE society. And teachers are WORKERS, and underpaid ones at that. People have total amnesia about what the unions did for the average American coming out of the labor abuses of the Industrial Revolution. We had children working before the unions came along. People paid with their lives to fight for worker's rights. Read the history and stop listening to people like this wretched, ignorant woman who is wearing hookers' earrings. Stay classy, Sarah.
ReplyDeleteHAHA - so much for the narrative that the so-called tea party is some sort of mass American re-awakening. No matter how much Fox tries to drum it up, these have been and always will be a bunch of marginal, ignorant bigots. These guys are a joke.
ReplyDeleteMrs Todd Palin, ex-wife of the Fist Dude, looked like a whore doing a blow job in that shiny coat. Whose hair was she wearing on her head? It looked slightly worse than Rand Paul's squirrel nest.
ReplyDelete10:24 AM
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Sarah is still married to Todd in a loving relationship. the shiny coat is very fashoinable and the hair on her hed is her own hair. Attacking Rand Paul for his good looks only makes you look bad. Your hate is destroying you and will destroy you compleetly when Sarah is our president. I hope you live that long and I hope God helps you to stop hating.
Wow. What hateful comments from so many of you. Did you not listen to Obama's call for civility? Or does that only apply to those on the RIGHT?
ReplyDeleteIf Sarah Palin is such a joke, why work so hard to go after her? Why such hate for someone who is so stupid and clueless? If that were true, wouldn't you just ignore her? Maybe she's a threat to the Democrats, and that's why you try so hard to discredit her...
I'm confused, Felicia ... did you not hear Mrs. Palin's speech? Did you not hear venom and hatred towards our President? You have some nerve to point out democrats' supposed hatred when your ignorant queen cannot be topped in that category.
ReplyDeleteVery sad.
10:40 am
ReplyDeleteBrisket, that you? I noticed the spelling errors so I figured it was you pimping for your Mama.
Where does Todd live now that he has divorced Sarah? Is he still living in the other house in the compound and visiting prostitutes?
Go Todd go, better late than never.
Anon 10:46 AM
ReplyDelete"Did you not listen to Obama's call for civility? Or does that only apply to those on the RIGHT?"
First of all it's President Obama. Second, apparently the Kochsucking whore didn't get the civility memo, because she continues to spew venom towards OUR President. Finally, yes, Palin is a threat, but no only to Democrats, she's a threat civilization. The woman is psychotic. Wake-Up idiot!!
Felicia, have you no idea how dangerous this woman is? You are very, very naive if you don't realize that.
ReplyDeleteYou may think she would be good for America (and I hate to tell you but she could never be elected at this point). I bet you think she would be good for your life, specifically.
Unless you are a multi-millionaire she wouldn't be, in more ways than I can count. Perhaps you are, though?
We would LOVE to ignore her, but we have to get the MSM to start ignoring her. Until then, we are stuck with her.
Until then, you are going to see and hear lots of unhappy and hostile comments towards her.
Probably you should ignore us, then, don't you think ;-)?
Have a nice day!
Felicia:
ReplyDeleteI am not a Democrat.
10:40:
Todd e-mails reveal he chose Shailey Tripp over sarah.
9:13:
Watch an unbiased video of the WI rally. sarah´s Prayer Warriors are outnumbered by our Lord´s Prayer Warriors.
It's obvious to me that neither Sarah Palin nor the teabaggers who swoon in her presence learned much when they attended school. Their reasoning skills are definitely poor as are their communication skills. They should have paid more attention to their teachers.
ReplyDeleteFelicia, save your lecture about civility for sarah and her followers.
ReplyDeleteListen to her Wisconsin speech.
Or any of her speeches.
Are the multiple death threats issued on behalf of sarah ¨civil?¨ What about crosshairs on Democratic politicians?
She always looks like she has an octopus on her head. And her head makes a lot of noise.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the screencap with the Kloppenburg sign: there is a picture of a part of one of the 'new' signs (that just came out yesterday, 04/16/11) that reads: "Scott -- Pull a Palin -- QUIT!" This sign shows up in this picture as blue background with red writing on the left upper screen just behind the sign that reads something about "Support workers .. their money". I suppose that the other side can claim that there weren't that many anti-TP/anti-Walker protesters there, as Fauz Noise will often portray (hell, the 'palm trees' indigenous to downtown Madison keep popping up at protests in Madison after FN's shitty editing job), but the truth is there were a TON of protesters. And we were loud. And pissed off.
ReplyDeleteFor whatever it's worth, we're still pissed off about the Supreme Court election here between Joanne Kloppenburg and David Prosser ... and signs are still being carried support JoKlo as there will be a (state authorized and paid for as the results were *that* close) recount coming up. I like to believe that the one county clerk is still being investigated as well; she'd 'found' ~7000 votes that hadn't been accounted for about 48 hours after the election, claiming that she'd forgotten to 'save' the data (on a database that does automatic saves once the information is entered).
Anyway, I won't vouch that I specifically saw the sign in question yesterday, but we're still ticked off about this particular election and I did witness other Kloppenburg signs at yesterday's anti-teabagger protest.
If this was mentioned before, I am sorry. I thought you would enjoy reading this account of Mrs. Todd Palin's speech.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.progressivemuckraker.com/post/2011/04/16/How-Many-Lies-Can-Sarah-Palin-Tell-In-15-Minutes-From-Wisconsin-Lets-Count-How-Many-She-Told.aspx
@8:20 Tell me how society differs from workers. Isn't the society largely made up of workers? And their rich overlords? Is it the latter who are harmed by unions?
ReplyDeleteFelicia: "If Sarah Palin is such a joke, why work so hard to go after her? Why such hate for someone who is so stupid and clueless? If that were true, wouldn't you just ignore her?"
ReplyDeleteBecause clueless stupidity is one of the biggest threats to continued civilization and progress in this country and to ignore it is to ignore it at our peril. Have you not noticed how dumbed down this country is getting? Have you not noticed what happens when a mental incompetent actually does become President? It will take a generation to undo the harm that the George Bush administration did to this country. There is no fucking way in hell we will ever let someone that mentally incapable ever become President in this country again.
Now, if George Bush had never become president, we wouldn't waste another thought on Sarah Palin. But we now know that a mental midget can indeed be elected as President in this country. We just won't let it happen again.
Remember, Glenn Beck tried to say that his rallies numbered in the millions when they were at best in the tens of thousands. Mark my words, before the week is out the teabaggers will claim that they had AT LEAST 20,000 people and the unions only had a couple of dozen. These assholes don't care about the truth, especially when it makes them look like the shithead posse they are.
ReplyDeleteA bit of good news to contemplate: if Palin does decide to run for POTUS, she is going to have to disclose ALL of her finances, including exactly who paid her to come whore for the Kochs. How much do you think Palin would comply with financial disclosure laws? The Kochs are weasels, but are they dumb enough to have written her a check directly?
The teabaggers just continue to demonstrate that they are the dumbest people on the planet.
Assholes.
Hey Cee For Peewee supporters are jumping with joy, that their quiter crazy queen announced that she is running in WI.In their own stupid heads, she is making it official on Tuesday says one, in the comments. LOL
ReplyDeleteThey are saying because she said "campaign starts here in WI, Game on."
The wee wee are jumping up and down, not knowing the queen is working on their stupid brains for more last minute $$$ donations, before the scandles surrounding her, first dude, and all her crones gets her. Once she makes it official. more gabbage will come out.
Check cee for pee site.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteSarah didn't get paid for her appearance, there are far more tea partiers than you think, and you should be ashamed for supporting the prounion thugs who have swriously threatened officials and everyday peopl, with misspelled notes and all.
Face it, we see more and more evidence that...bla,bla,bla
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God I really wish someone would rake the teachers union over the coals. they have done nothing but bring down the country. Unions may protect workers, but they hurt society.
8:20 AM
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That's a good picture of Sarah. That's snow in her hair that makes her look even more natural and wholesome.
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This is a total example of why RWNJ are not complaining about Jobs! They are hired as paid trolls!
Look at the bullshit this troll posted?
SarahPac pay "internet consultant's" bank. I'm sure Kocksuckers do too.
These fuckers are paid trolls and schooled in the Alinsky rules for radical to disrupt blogs & twitter and anything else.
Fuck them!
Somebody on another post said Palin must have thought she was in Idaho, she was dressed like a baked potato!!
ReplyDeleteWow. The claws are out on this post! I stand up for Sarah Palin, and people are biting MY head off.
ReplyDeleteI don't care what Sarah Palin said in her speech in WI. Nothing compares to the hateful rhetoric and scare tactics that Obama and the libs use towards Republicans. Did you not see the video from a rally where people said Justice Thomas should be sent back to the fields, and be strung up, along with his wife? Strung up??? And this from the so-called "tolerant" Democratic party? Have you ever heard Sarah Palin say something like that? I don't think so.
Did you hear Obama's speech last week, when he accused Repubs of taking away health care from poor children and kids with autism and disabilities? How horrible! This plan does no such thing! We have grandparents, and children that we love. We have friends and relatives with disabilities. Why would we want to deprive them of healthcare? How absurd? This from Obama, after his speech two months ago, in which he condemns this type of behavior? Talk about hypocritical!
My thing is, if you don't like Sarah Palin, give a good reason, like a stance that you don't believe in, and make an argument for it. Don't just make personal attacks and call her names. Don't pick at her looks or on her kids. If that's all you've got, then you don't have much of an argument. I respect her as a career woman and a mother, and not many women could withstand the public abuse she's endured. I give her props for that. Go Sarah!
Felicia, if you can give us specifics about policies that Sarah Palin and/or the GOP would endorse, then we will be happy to respond. It is kind of hard to know what they are, as they mostly engage in vague doublespeak. An examination of voting records might be a good place to start, however.
ReplyDeleteSarah Palin hasn't had to do the hard work of taking a stand, or perhaps making a difficult compromise - on anything. She quit her job as Governor, remember.
Sarah Palin has used her son/grandson Trig as a prop. She dragged him out in raw weather, no shoes, no jacket, no glasses... All so she could score points with the Right to Life crowd. It was unclear if that child was receiving the proper support due a child with special needs. How is that caring for them, when she can't even care for her own?
I am sure you and your friends care about your families having access to healthcare....but what about people you don't know, people who might not have the resources, people who might in some cases be poor? If you are a Christian, do you care about them? I am a Christian, and I can tell you that Sarah's supposed faith has absolutely nothing in common with mine. And I read the Gospel. I know Jesus's words. She doesn't follow them.
As for the claim about language used against Justice Thomas by a Democrat, well, I find it quite interesting that the Justice used this language about himself...are you sure you have your sources right? See below:
Thomas denied the allegations, saying:[58]
This is not an opportunity to talk about difficult matters privately or in a closed environment. This is a circus. It's a national disgrace. And from my standpoint, as a black American, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves, to have different ideas, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you. You will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured by a committee of the U.S. Senate rather than hung from a tree.
Felicia, if Sarah were a mainstream, professional politician, she would be able to handle criticism without resorting to paranoid cries that she has been unfairly treated in the press. We would be without her incessant self-victimization and her ever-present persecution complex! She CHOSE her aspirations. Had she no idea how tough one must be to be involved in politics? Look at Hillary Clinton - if you are a Republican, look at Condoleeza Rice. These women know how to handle themselves - they use their brains, they read, they make sure they are well-informed. I daresay Sarah thought her looks would qualify her, that no one would expect more from her because she had gotten pretty far on looks and flirtation by the time John McCain got to her. By most accounts, she was not a hardworking Mayor or Governor. She certainly does not appear to have educated herself on history and current events since the '08 campaign, beyond memorizing talking points on behalf of the oil industry and the pro-Israel neocons.
ReplyDeleteShe cannot handle the heat, so she needs to get out of the kitchen. I am sure it hurts her fans that many of us are hard on her. I think the truth hurts. I think you all realize something is not right with your heroine, and you can't stand that we are willing to point out what you are unwilling to face.
As for Sarah's stands on policies:
1)"pro-life"...sorry, I believe a woman gets to decide what to do with her body
2) pro-gun....sorry, I think this country is suffering from a violence epidemic, and if fewer guns were available we would be better off
3) anti-"entitlements"...sorry, I would bet dollars to doughnuts even your family has come to expect and depend upon things like Social Security and Medicare - to pay for prescription medication, at that!
4) anti-unions...again, I bet there are people in your life, perhaps yourself, who currently enjoy protections and benefits provided to them by the hard work of unions over the past decades
5) anti - "big government"...sorry, your buddy GW Bush helped grow the government to historic proportions - stop trying to blame his mess on the Democrats
Need I go on?
Felicia, you can't fool the folks here. You are wasting your time. Your queen is a fraud. We all know that. We have done the research. You are either a paid troll or woefully
ReplyDeleteuninformed. Do the research; the truth will set you free. But you have to walk that journey of discovery on your own. You cannot expect the folks here to spoon feed you.
Hey Dipshit Felecia, yes I'm calling you a dipshit. Because it's was the Republicans doing that got us into this mess and now you all want to lay the blame on the President.
ReplyDeleteYou said, "Nothing compares to the hateful rhetoric and scare tactics that Obama and the libs use towards Republicans." How is that hateful? When the President is speaking the truth.
Do you your research or do you rely on Fixed News for reliable information?
The fact is, Republicans want to privatize Medicare and Medicaid by giving recipient Vouchers to shop for medical insurance.
Which insurance companies can easily deny treatment and ask for additional dollars. The fact is many of these recipients of Government subsides live on fixed incomes and can't afford any additional costs. That's the point!! Also, what about Seniors who are living in Nursing homes? They have no one to help them make these kinds of decisions. Ryan's Budget plan is ridiculous and most people know it, except for those like you who only see black and white.
I was listening to a mother on the radio the other day who has a disabled child. She has to home school her child because the schools will not except him. She can't work because she has no one to take of her child while she's at work. She relies on Medicaid and Disability to survive. She was crying because she was worried about Republicans taking away her only income. So yes, republicans are cruel and they don't give a damn about the poor. What's important to them is making sure their rich cronies are richer.
It's sad you have the galls to say that we are hateful, when you support a group of people who don't give damn about the poor and the middle class.
As far as Sarah Palin, anyone with half a brain knows she is a hateful mean spirited Bitch!!
"Death Panels"
"Palling around with Terrorists"
"Don't Retreat Reload"
"He is not one of us"
and this list goes on!
They misspelled her name. It's "Lori Ann Perrin"
ReplyDeletesee http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/world/americas/24iht-24palin.17216587.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
inside the beltway
Trolls are all over this post, G. Of course, it's to be expected.
ReplyDeleteWhen I hear folks speak about the evil unions, I remember my father working at businesses that would not give workers ANYTHING if not for unions. He was locked out and walked many a picket line to make this country better.
Young people are being misinformed about unions by the Kochs and their ilk.
To the trolls named and lurking I say this: go read US history books and have discussions about your legacy. Talk about working conditions throughout history, especially during the industrial age. You may be surprised to learn things you missed whilst sleeping in third period US History. No unions are NOT perfect. Neither are the "altruistic" members of Congress.
You've heard the saying "if you value your freedom thank a vet"?
I say thank a union member for the decent wages and benefits that are yours today.
Jaye
Proud daughter of a WWII vet and staunch union man.
Felicia, you're the one who is confused about Ryan's plan for prosperity. It will certainly make the rich more prosperous, however, it takes from the poor or middle class in order to do so. If you're under 55, I hope you have plenty of money saved because it will cost you an extra $20k a year for healthcare costs at the age of 65 in order to come close to the equivalent of what Medicare now covers. If you have greater than average health problems, are diabetic, have hypertension, etc., you can add an additional 10 to 20% to that amount. Imagine that, the average couple in their early 50's now hoping to retire in 15 years is told they will need an additional $40k a year for healthcare coverage. Do you consider that beneficial to the average person? President Obama was absolutely correct when he spoke of them taking away benefits. Of course, they aren't taking them from anyone who is now covered by Medicare despite their plan being so "wonderful" because they know they would lose their votes, not a doubt about it. They are cutting Medicaid drastically which means many special needs childs whose costs of care are not covered by private insurance will go on waiting lists for care. That includes those with Down Syndrome and autism. Of course, the Republicans don't want any further regulations put on the insurance companies, they have to be able to pay their executives tens of millions while cutting coverage for those in need. You've been duped by those in office. I can't understand how anyone who is not in the top 2% would ever vote for these people. Many in my family are in that upper range and they won't even vote for them. Of course, they tend to think with their hearts rather than with their wallets. Surprisingly, they haven't suffered from doing so proving that those who take care of others will benefit in the long run.
ReplyDeleteTell me, what did you think about the 200+ people who died under Palin's watch due to her mishandling of Medicaid funds? The feds had to come in and take over, a first for any state! What a record to be proud of-NOT!
You respect Sarah Palin as a mother? I can't see that her children (not referring to Trig) have represented her in any way that would make one admire her. Did you watch her horrible TV show, did you see how disrespectful they are to her?
ReplyDeleteDid you read the girls' comments on Facebook? Pretty rough. Did you hear Bristol's language and see her behavior when she was on DWTS? Giving the finger to "the haters" in front of millions of people? I would have been mortified if she were my daughter.
What is there to respect? She travels so much, I don't think she is with her children as much as a good mother would try to be, anyway.
She has used her children to further her ambition to be famous and make lots of money. Her eldest daughter is following in her footsteps.
I don't respect any of it.
Why isn't Bristol in college? What about Track? Are Willow and Piper attending school regularly?
My goodness but the bar is low. If you're on TV and people think you're pretty, they will attribute all kinds of noble qualities to you. Especially if you go out of your way to paint a picture for them, even one that isn't real. What a world we live in.
Felicia - of course people are going to call you out on standing up for Sarah Palin - do you not realize where you are and what nonsense you're posting?
ReplyDeleteNothing compares to the left's hateful rhetoric? What about crosshairs? What about "KILL HIM!" at a Sarah Palin rally? Has a Democrat (and I'm not a democrat) ever screamed "HE LIES!" at a president before?
I'm sorry that you're so mentally incapable of realizing you've been had.
Felicia, I give you credit for hanging in there despite being outnumbered in your viewpoints. I also give Gryphen credit for posting your views, and hope you do, too. I don't see pro-Palin sites allowing dissenting opinions like Gryphen does on this site. Anyway, I want to address one of your comments about the Republican "budget" plan: "We have grandparents, and children that we love. We have friends and relatives with disabilities. Why would we want to deprive them of healthcare?"
ReplyDeleteAre you aware that Paul Ryan's plan repeals Medicare and turns it into a voucher system? This will effectively apply to anyone 54 and under. We will now have to pay for private insurance in our senior years, right when our health care costs are the most expensive. We'll get some help from the government, but it won't be enough for most Americans to afford.
I really don't get the Palin supporters' approval of this plan, especially considering how worked up you all got last year when she started talking about "death panels" that would exclude the elderly from needed health care.
Here's a link to comments from an eyewitness account of the Klondike Kardashian in Madison ===>
ReplyDelete"I was protesting on the opposite side of our capitol . . ."
http://www.chimpsternation.com/forum?&c=showthread&ThreadID=3145&page=5#34219
Ok, Anonymous:
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"As for Sarah's stands on policies:
1)"pro-life"...sorry, I believe a woman gets to decide what to do with her body
2) pro-gun....sorry, I think this country is suffering from a violence epidemic, and if fewer guns were available we would be better off
3) anti-"entitlements"...sorry, I would bet dollars to doughnuts even your family has come to expect and depend upon things like Social Security and Medicare - to pay for prescription medication, at that!
4) anti-unions...again, I bet there are people in your life, perhaps yourself, who currently enjoy protections and benefits provided to them by the hard work of unions over the past decades
5) anti - "big government"...sorry, your buddy GW Bush helped grow the government to historic proportions - stop trying to blame his mess on the Democrats"
Oh, where to I begin?
1. Pro-life. I fully support her stance. Life is precious. She's not trying to make it illegal. It's just her point of view. Why should you trash someone for wanting babies to have a chance at life? I don't get why that is a bad thing.
2. Gun control. You can crab all you want about violence, but it's the criminals that are doing the shooting. If you take guns away from law abiding citizens, guess who will still have guns? That's right....criminals. Then we will have no way to defend ourselves. That argument doesn't even make sense.
3. Entitlements - Medicare and Social Security are programs that you pay into during your life, so they're not exactly "entitlements". No one is trying to get rid of those programs. We're just trying to come up with a better way to execute them. The programs will not be solvent in just a few years. Reforms need to be made. Period.
Unions - Yes, I have family members that are in unions. So what? I don't have a problem with unions, in theory. However, unions today are nothing more than a lobbying organization. Unions dues are used to support Democratic politicians, who in turn, do favors for the unions. There are a lot of people who work in unions, who do not want their dues going to Democrats.
5. Big Government - I agree with you. GW Bush grew government way more than he should have, and he's been criticized for that many times. Shame on him. But just because he did it, doesn't mean that Obama should do it. Do you not realize that the biggest government becomes, the more they try to reach into your life and make decisions for you? You say you're pro-choice because you can do whatever you want with your body. But growing government will allow them to make many other decisions for you. Study some history. Look at socialistic and communist governments. It's coming to the U.S.
righthook: "3. Entitlements - Medicare and Social Security are programs that you pay into during your life, so they're not exactly "entitlements". No one is trying to get rid of those programs. We're just trying to come up with a better way to execute them. The programs will not be solvent in just a few years. Reforms need to be made. Period."
ReplyDeletePrivate voucher plans are a half-assed way to reform them. That completely undermines the programs' main purposes, which is to increase financial security. Ryan's plans will not increase financial security in our senior years, at all. We'll be paying more and getting much less. And we won't be able to afford it, anyway, so hello charity hospital ward! If we're lucky to even get that.
No thanks, I want my country to go forward, not backward.
Okay, so right back at you:
ReplyDelete1) Right to Lifers are pro-life when it comes to the unborn, but just let those babies be born, and God forbid their skin isn't lily white and they aren't born into wealthy families...that's when the "right to life" is just soulless hypocrisy and morally wrong. Sarah Palin doesn't care about single moms and their children, unless we are talking about Bristol of course. She and your GOP brethren will delight in dismantling any government effort to help those who need it. 'Cause it's all their fault, right? (Well, we can't help what kind of family we are born into, or whether or not our parents will be of means, for starters.)
2) It has been statistically proven that it is unsafe to guard one's property and loved ones by keeping guns in the home. Tragic accidents happen all the time. And what about not allowing criminals access to semi-automatic weapons? Is that really so wrong? I don't think so, and rational people don't think so either. Sarah Palin will stand in the way of common sense gun control legislation because she is being supported by the all-powerful gun lobby, the NRA. Did you see her try to turn on her angry white fans by shooting off guns whenever possible on that horrible television show? Btw, real gun afficionados said she didn't seem to know what she was doing, so it's all fake posturing on her part to get votes, anyway.
3)You are truly, truly deluding yourself if you don't realize that the GOP wants Social Security to be privatized, and/or collapse. They seek out ways to profit from every possible government activity, didn't you know? The War in Iraq was a prime example. Create a justification and then go in regardless of whether or not it is merited - to make $$$$$, which they have, hand over fist. Just ask Mr. Cheney. I like that you are so easily led into believing their drumbeat about Social Security not being solvent in just a few years...they have done their job well. There are other ways to pay for it without privatizing it. Period. How about stopping wars for profit, how about reorganizing our budgetary priorities?
4) I am glad you understand the true motivation of the GOP wanting to destroy the Unions. It is because they represent an organizational force that poses a threat to them come election time. So what? While I am not surprised your family doesn't like the fact that many Democrats (who are traditionally pro-labor rights) are supported as candidates by the Unions, I am also quite sure that they would not want to give up the benefits and security that the Unions have provided to them. If your family is protected by the Unions but doesn't like the Democrats, then maybe they don't understand American Labor history, and maybe they care more about the social wedge issues that people like Karl Rove are manipulating them with. That's fine, but most of us care much more about putting food on the table. You and yours are more fortunate, it seems.
5) This bs about Big Government and Socialism is just that - BS. Are you a woman? Are you a mother? Something tells me you are neither of these. If you aren't, then you can keep your ideas about women's bodies to yourself. As for BIg Government, so far President Obama and his administration have prevented a total world economic crisis using tools they would not have if our government were small, as one example. Again, I guess you and your loved ones are immune from concern about these things.... And I suppose you have no elderly relatives who are depending on Medicare in any way? Again, how lucky for them! They are rare individuals indeed. Well, if Medicare is an example of Big Government and Socialism, I say bring it on!!!!!!!
PS Didn't you know Socialism is the red herring that is allowing all you racists to oppose Obama? You know you can't say you don't like him because he's black, right ;-)?
Ok Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteYou said "1) Right to Lifers are pro-life when it comes to the unborn, but just let those babies be born, and God forbid their skin isn't lily white and they aren't born into wealthy families...that's when the "right to life" is just soulless hypocrisy and morally wrong. Sarah Palin doesn't care about single moms and their children, unless we are talking about Bristol of course. She and your GOP brethren will delight in dismantling any government effort to help those who need it. 'Cause it's all their fault, right? (Well, we can't help what kind of family we are born into, or whether or not our parents will be of means, for starters.)"
You couldn't be more wrong. My kids are bi-racial, and I'm a divorced mom, and guess what? I feel perfectly at home in the conservative ranks. It's not about color or status. It's about mindset. That racial crap is so old.
Just because someone is a single mother doesn't mean they need the government to step in and help them. I started going back to college after I had my 2nd child, and I got my degree. I worked my way up and I'm doing just fine, on my own.
I wasn't born into a wealthy family, by any means, and I do just fine. Republicans are not all white, rich people, despite what you want people to believe. That's absurd. And anyone can achieve whatever they want to in life. You don't have to have the government hand it to you. I'm so sick of that mentality. So, because my kids are bi-racial, they're doomed to fail? Is that what you're telling me? My kids are great kids, and they make good grades in school. They have never been treated differently because of their color. I was never taught that it matters. People should be judged by their character, not their color. I've been Republican all my life, and I've never heard anything different. So, you can save that argument for someone else.
Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteAnd by the way, your racist comments are all out the window, now that I've told you my kids are bi-racial, aren't they? I don't like Obama, because he's a LIBERAL. If I'm a Republican, why would I possibly vote for Obama, who is a clear liberal progressive? Color has nothing to do with it. Like I said in my last post, get a new argument.
Felicia, I hate to tell you, the fact you have children who are bi-racial and that you can also proudly claim to be a life long Republican, well, I just hope when your kids grow up they tell you you are on the wrong side. They will likely figure it out. Most kids these days tend toward the progressive side, Young Republicans notwithstanding.
ReplyDeleteRepublicans DO NOT care about people of color, about anyone who is in the minority. Just look at their policies and the entire story is there. Sadly, we do not live in a post-racial America.
Why are the vast majority of Republicans white Americans? Why, when looking at their political conventions, or their rallies, is there simply a sea of white faces? This is not an accident, this is not random. Most people who identify as non-Caucasian, whatever their background, know instinctively that the Republican party is not really on their side. Many affluent Latinos and African Americans know it as well, even when financially it might benefit them to go with the GOP.
My belief about Democrats supporting those in need is not strictly a racial one - contrary to your assumptions. It is primarily a socio-economic one. I am talking about those with less, those who don't have access to good education they can afford, those who don't have access to proper healthcare they can afford, those who are stuck in bad neighborhoods with bad schools because of our screwed up property tax-funded public education system which simply perpetuates the problems associated with poverty.
You are white, or of color? The father of your children is white, or of color? I actually think your resentment betrays you, if you are white.
Perhaps you have some issues with people of color, never mind (or perhaps because) your children have a father of color. Maybe he isn't involved, who knows? You said you are a single parent.
Correct me if you're the one of color, but I'm just saying.
My wish for you is that someday you understand the best way to support those beautiful children of yours is to support the party of diversity, simply on principle if nothing else. (The Republican party, just a few generations ago, would have shunned, even harassed, your children. Doesn't that make you sick to your stomach?)
You'll get there, God willing.
I come from one of the most liberal communities in the US, and I can tell you if people here thought someone with your family profile was a Republican, they would be horrified.
ReplyDeleteThey would feel you are being disloyal to your children and their heritage.
Study the history.
This is not about condescension towards people of color, it's about facing the truth of the Republican party. It's ugly, there are no two ways about it.
PS The only reason I lean towards your being white is because you say you are a life long Republican. Just not that many African Americans running around proudly proclaiming that. Perhaps a few, but not many.
ReplyDeletePPS If you're white - and you never specified what you meant by bi-racial children - and your kids are half African American, well then they are like our fine President in background! Just ask Barack Obama if it's easy being him in today's America.
4/19/2011 Well, isn't that interesting. When I tried to view the video, the teabaggers did something to it so all I got was a page full of garbage. They are really running scared if they don't want anyone to watch this news video.
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